Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Green Lentil Falafel

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, green lentil falafel. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Green Lentil Falafel is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Green Lentil Falafel is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook green lentil falafel using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Green Lentil Falafel:

1. Take 150 g dry green lentils (275 g soaked)
2. Prepare 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
3. Prepare 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper powder
4. Prepare 1/4 tsp fennel seeds
5. Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
6. Get dash pepper
7. Take 1 clove garlic
8. Take 2 Tbsp chopped chives (or fresh cilantro/coriander)
9. Take 1-2 Tbsp flour
10. Prepare oil for frying
11. Make ready Simple Yoghurt Dip
12. Make ready 4 Tbsp plain yogurt
13. Take to taste salt & pepper
14. Take to taste Fresh chopped cilantro or parsley

Steps to make Green Lentil Falafel:

1. Soak lentils overnight and drain. (Note: Do not use cooked lentils!! they will fall apart when frying)
2. Combine all the ingredients for falafel (except cooking oil of course) in a food processor. Work in batches if needed.
3. Process until the lentils are chopped into a grainy mixture. You don't want it to be come a paste.
4. Form into balls using about 2 Tbsp of the lentil mix each. (it helps to wet your hands a little to prevent the mixture from sticking). If they are falling apart, add more flour to the mixture.
5. Heat enough oil for frying in a frying pot. One the temperature is hot, fry the falafel in batches. When one side is golden brown turn over and fry the other side.
6. When all sides are golden remove from oil and let drain on a rack or on paper towels.
7. Mix together the yoghurt dip ingredients if using that. Serve and enjoy with the yogurt dip!

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